# Bad Influence story: Google adds on-device voice chat with Gemma to AI Edge Gallery

Active · 2 articles · 2 sources · First reported 11-09 19:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/e98b9ebe-13ae-4f7e-8425-e5bb411521b7

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Latest update (11-10 12:30): Google adds offline voice chat with Gemma to AI Edge Gallery

Overview: Google says AI Edge Gallery's AI Chat now lets users speak to Gemma models, with dictation streamed into the prompt box and responses read aloud with sentence highlighting. Google's Gemma account on X says the speech pipeline runs offline on the device.

Google Developers Blog adds that the on-device speech recognition comes from ML Kit and covers 100+ languages at 10x real-time speed, and that text-to-speech starts speaking in about 100 ms. The blog says the feature pairs with small models such as Gemini Nano and Gemma 4, and that open-weight speech bundles for MediaPipe Tasks and LiteRT plus open-source reference code are available. The blog says users can try the voice features by downloading the latest AI Edge Gallery app on Android or iOS.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-10 12:30 · Google Gemma · [Google adds offline voice chat with Gemma to AI Edge Gallery](https://badinfluence.news/items/lt04ctcthhfk7any9pqi7t3hs)
2. 11-09 19:00 · Google Developers Blog (from the company) · [Google adds on-device speech recognition and text-to-speech to AI Edge Gallery](https://badinfluence.news/items/h5ns8l4uosez9z81teo8m3wt1)
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